Daniel Pollard > GQ | LITTLER > London, England > Lawyer Profile

GQ | LITTLER
125 Wood Street
LONDON
EC2V 7AN
England

Work Department

GQ|Littler is the leading employment law firm for employers in the UK and Ireland. We offer risk-based advice and litigation services on employment, immigration, employee tax and incentives issues. We work globally as part of Littler, the world's largest employment law firm with over 1,800 lawyers in 100 offices worldwide. Being part of Littler enables the firm to seamlessly provide high-quality advice and support across a wide range of international markets and benefit from cutting-edge technology, research and knowledge management resources.

Position

Daniel advises on a range of complex and high-value issues and has particular expertise in restructuring, M&A and data privacy.

Daniel advises on a range of complex and high-value issues and has particular expertise in restructuring, M&A and data privacy.

Over his career, he has advised some of the world’s best-known companies on a range of complex, sensitive and high-profile matters. Daniel leads the firm’s transactional practice and provides support to a number of US law firms on transactional matters. He predominantly advises employers and, whilst he advises clients in a broad range of sectors, he has particular experience advising technology and financial services clients.

 

Career

Daniel trained at ‘Magic Circle’ firm Clifford Chance and joined GQ|Littler from Macfarlanes in 2015. He has over 10 years’ experience; including 5 years in the London office of Gibson Dunn.

Languages

English.

Memberships

Daniel is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association, was elected to the Management Committee in May 2016 and to the role as Treasurer in 2018. He currently serves as ELA’s Secretary and as its General Counsel.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Employment > Employers

Boutique employment law firm GQ | LITTLER advises a number of major international corporate clients on matters including tribunal litigation, post-transactional restructuring and ongoing internal matters. The practice is jointly headed by board-level crisis management specialist Paul Quain, the transaction support-focussed Daniel Pollard, internal employment matters expert Richard Harvey and Darren Isaacs, who splits his work between the firm’s London and Dublin offices. Highly experienced litigator and restrictive covenants expert Sophie Vanhegan is a further name to note. Laura Lobb, Deborah Margolis and Nicola James are also integral.